I imagine it’s the techno feudalism being pushed by Thiel and his acolytes.

That still boils my blood so fucking much.

That’s how we do it! Take no prisoners and don’t accept substandard booty.

Yarrrr!

A chore, frequently an obnoxious experience and lastly a trap.

I don’t want a promise of ‘maybe we will let you view this until we capriciously remove it from our service’. Either I own what I pay for or no deal. I try to heavily prioritize GOG over Steam and while I have some streaming services in my orbit (not my choices) I always have ‘backup’ copies of my own.

That’s a special kind of pain.

“What do you mean ‘force start’ isn’t doing anything?!?!”

It honestly depends. If it’s something I was on the fence about AND it’s not absurdly overpriced, probably just buy. Or put on a Steam wishlist for some future sale while I keep trying to find elsewhere.

Take it as a challenge and waste inordinate amounts of time finding it ‘free’!

Thank you for sharing this!

The dystopian future Disney would love to have.